SafeStop Carries Momentum into Second Half of 2017-2018 School Year
March 20 2018 - 8:55AM
SafeStop™, the industry-leading school bus tracking and
communications app that lets parents know where the bus is and when
it is coming, is building on the success of the first half of the
2017-2018 school year to carry momentum into the second half of the
year.
For the third consecutive year, SafeStop has
grown at a rapid pace in terms of buses tracked and registered
users. SafeStop began the 2017-2018 school year with approximately
25,000 parents and guardians registered for the app, with more than
3,000 vehicles running on the platform. Already this school year,
that number has risen to approximately 40,000 users and more than
3,500 vehicles. Service will be launching soon on over 600 new
vehicles in multiple, major school districts in Tennessee and the
company is conducting pilots with fleets over 1,000 vehicles in
Maryland, Nevada, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
While parents continue to use SafeStop as an
integral communications and safety tool, transportation
professionals and school administrators are increasingly relying on
the data collected and analysis provided to build more
cost-effective transportation systems. By utilizing the app and its
data platform SafeStop Analytics, school and district
administrators can deliver vital bus information to the palm of a
parent’s hand and dramatically reduce the number of phone calls
they receive, allowing them to focus on improving overall safety
and performance, all from inside SafeStop Analytics.
“In the past, we had to spend a lot of time
answering phone calls from parents,” stated Cecelia Catherwood,
Transportation Secretary of Falcon School District 49 in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. “Now parents can simply use the app to find out
whatever they need to know about the location of their child. I’ve
worked in this department for 14 years, and have never seen a tool
like this before. It’s great for the community because everyone can
get informed immediately about the whereabouts of the school bus
and their kids.”
SafeStop launched its services last fall for new
school districts, contractors and shuttle systems in Massachusetts,
Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida,
Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Oregon and
Manitoba, Canada. SafeStop continues to find strategic partnerships
with GPS vendors, routing system vendors, transportation providers,
and management and consulting firms to further expand its reach and
create a more connected set of service providers in the
transportation industry.
“SafeStop has experienced nice growth within the
school transportation industry because the industry is seeing we’re
built differently,” stated Patrick Gallagher, Director of Sales for
SafeStop. “Other app providers have claimed to have a product that
can accommodate the unique and ever-changing operations inside this
industry. And now, not only are we seeing their customers transfer
over to SafeStop, but the app is a fundamental offering in new
school transportation and technology contracts. When there are
frigid temperatures and winter weather, parents love using the app
to know when the bus will arrive at the bus stop so the kids don’t
have to stand out in the cold for too long. So it is important that
this type of service is reliable every day.”
SafeStop is also partnering with entities inside
and outside the school transportation industry. Last fall, the
company signed an agreement that made SafeStop the official school
bus tracking app for Zonar Systems, Inc., the industry’s number one
provider of GPS services. SafeStop also provides its service for
over two dozen transportation contractors across North America and
several dozen school districts that own and operate their own
transportation systems. And by integrating with several routing
system providers, other GPS companies, and other K-12 technology
and consulting providers, the company feels it is achieving the
status as the most complete and universal school bus tracking app
on the market.
“We look forward to wrapping up the second half
of the school year with continued organic growth and expect to
announce more customers and new partnerships in 2018,” added
Gallagher.
SafeStop is available throughout the U.S. and
Canada and is compatible with any transportation provider, any GPS
hardware, and any routing software. To learn more about the
SafeStop app, receive pricing, or schedule an online demo, please
visit www.SafeStopApp.com.
About SafeStopSafeStop, a
product offered by SafeStop, Inc., is a powerful and secure
application that connects parents and school administrators with
the vehicles transporting their students. Created in 2013 by a
transportation solutions provider with vast experience in the
industry, SafeStop app provides a secure registration process,
real-time map feature, estimated times of arrival, student
scanning, SafeStop Analytics and an alerts and messaging center for
its users. The app brings timely, accurate and valuable information
to parents and school officials across North America. For more
information, visit www.SafeStopApp.com.
For more information:Patrick GallagherDirector
of Sales800.843.8936pgallagher@safestopapp.com
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